The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-23
WHERE Boss TWEED Lar H1n.

| A sanbisr's Oeustrv ParaAtss tAat vaa
Never . Lueky Dweiiiss fises-what II
DID tor Be.s Twesa when the Omoers
were Hot After fai.-lts Last Owner.
The Miles River, for thus the 1t Michaels
has slipped its oonsonants, Ia one Of those
| broad salt water streams, the homo Of the
oyster. Grab, terrapin. and wild duck. that
pierce the peninsula OF tho eastern ahore Of
Maryland until there IL scarcely so much land
a. water. This part Of the peninsula Ii called
Talbot county.
A tongue Of land thrusts itself out into the
river. There Il . tasteful boat house and pier.
beside which Q yacht lies moorod. Above the
thickly set trees square rcd tower. capped
with white, indicates the site Of Tho villa"-
such is tho distinction Of tho nsmo OF tho place
In the county.
As with families, 30 Il IL with land. Some
tracts undergo q quiet humdrum existence
from century to century. others arc as full Of
affairs as bailin. This tongue Of land. with
its neignboring estate, 10 one that seems to DO
inextricably woven Into the fate and fortunes
OF men. In 1861 occurred in Boston the memo.
rable trial Of Wenlock Christison. for the crime
y yolumes q Sesse Gives 70 inil q story. HSv.
Ing been exiled, he returned to Boston to pro-
TIVE whers Ss 81 ssd 81
hand. GhristIson had a robust tongue q his
ers. condemned TO death by Coy. Endlcott
The day before the execution came tho pardon OF
s bens n obrs1 10 satisfy himss with
x g. "a. to Sasv
he obtained grant Of land from Lord Dalti.
s stasa h ss Of ssls an.
tial men OF the colony, and the late CRIMINAL
took an ,%P S|S n part In the House OF Bur
The descendants Of the Christisons here
dweit In peace and prosperity, and In time the
who had married into the family Of Christison.
and their house Of old English bricks rsmains
IN part upon the land until this day. After the
passed lnio, the hands Of Richard France,
f5sass snf t.s To
He MI s su sSsd Il
here Ss rsd
ns il shs sfa vasa Thsre we're
walks and and
e1se money money couid buy make
q all the country roundabout. oyershalowing
LoReass and sSfs home
Of Admiral Buchanan, confronting one another
81 shs snyss ws ssGE Ss o, Richard
France that man named Brosdbent set 1pan
Illicit lottery known as the Lottery Policy
into Richard Frances. business that he was
forced to admit Broadbent into partnershlp.
GUS, and built him superb place beyond the
limits OF Charles street. place now owned by
But the. conscience Of Marylan had become
l Franee was rsvof s D IL them With Brusd
Legislature. This was not in each case I pri-
saos aens 9es o. e
built a. church. where his constituents wor-
shipEed Tor many year.
ise ems s !" hinhsrd France. Broad
s Rer sats 1s sss eors soSard Fra
failed. BAfied and plundered: when tne lot;
Where and rai IN man. GOING back 70 Della
SON SONY was aesed Tor debt, and he died there in
rs ya was .: :Sd to ha asa
war. In Ms hands the career Of the place was
renewed. 1t wss still the finest place for miles
the old Maryland days; Then the war broke
o ss Hs
more, All went wsll until the, surrender Of
MAY along with uniuiiilied margins
But him and ruin stood the broker
n the ers "a be na rs
against the feelings and temper q the com:
Carson never recovered. but diod i few months
after literally Of u broken heart.
Old friends turned I away their faces. An iso.
villa. and 10 a few, months he. too, died. 1t is
man named ned Randall. who. with his young and
for luxurious Hospitality. The iun Was fast
fortune Tort to Which Randall had fsIiss he'll. In
said. lives a humble lie us railroad em-
ployee, while his wife supports herself In some
y The Villa was then bought by man from
nam P brsdy + II
~ ON Which s stood ee that 1 Notable reso
mes Bs and asi Blossom es c Cub The
county marvelled much, at the advent Of o
saa a1 whS had lie trade
most lucrative. since he was able to possess
He had none Of the qualifications for coun-
try life. he WAS the owner of superb
place. with Its walks and fountains. Its
clothed In fo"ss ' HAT Fiat fact s seemed to con-.
tent him. He strutted about In his shirt
sleeves, and It 30 inclined him, in his bare
feet. The nei1hbors ceased to marvel, and In
time left this new and strange type at the Villa
to his own company and habits OF life.
After n Iime there came rumor, told about
mysteriouslv by the negroes. of the Yacht nit
ting about the river. and OF a strange man.
bearded and old. seen by chance, but furtively
keeping out Of the way. 30 Isolated IL tho
Villa, the tongue oil land stretching out far
into the, water, and the gates rs usual kept
locked, that there could bs no better place for
concealment,, The rumor spread further. and
was continued In details by the curious negroes.
Tn-n came the news Of Boss Tweeis escape:
some neope remembered that the owner Of
The Villa came from Greenwich Point. q
haunt o. Boss Tweeds. Others rene m oered
that In the earlier days Of the occupant Of the
ylla he had seen heard to say he knew Or
the sort OF men who were the old chair makers
friends, and stories OF how he enriched them.
so the runior grew. and was confirmed In the
belief of The people OF the neighb0rhood that
the strange owner Of the Villa had now his
chance to return the favors OF his old friend
could a hunted old man tindp To, complete the
tale. a. party Of officers descended upon the
MACE. but whAteyor might hayo been going